Democracy Now!

Today, we spend the hour with a man who claims to have worked deep inside the forces driving corporate globalization. In his first book, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," John Perkins told the story of his work as a highly paid consultant hired to strong-arm leaders into creating policy favorable to the U.S. government and corporations — what he calls the "corporatocracy." John Perkins has just come out with a new book; it’s called "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption. 

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